Forget what your inner-north friends say about leaving Melbourne. Spilt Milk in Ballarat is proof that sometimes the only thing better than staying home on a miserable Saturday is committing to a two-hour trip to Ballarat for world-class music. You…
If you walked past the Sidney Myer Music Bowl on Sunday night and wondered why the ground was vibrating, don’t worry, it was just the collective heartbeat of 10,000 people falling in love with a German man. Marlon Hoffstadt, aka…
There is a specific kind of electricity that crackles through a crowd when you know you’re about to see royalty. I’m not talking about the kind with crowns and sashes, but the kind that wear leather jackets in Australian summer…
On Friday night, RÜFÜS DU SOL fans were treated to the only DJ set of their homecoming tour. The show took place at The Wool Store, presented by Untitled Group. The event drew a huge crowd, with fans eager to…
There’s honestly nothing quite like a gig at the Melbourne Botanic Gardens. You get the skyline, the sunset, and enough room to actually sprawl out with your mates on the grass before the show starts. It turns a regular concert…
There’s a special kind of magic that settles over Melbourne in the winter, and for ten days, the city’s streets and iconic venues transform into a playground of art, ideas, and sound. That’s the power of the Now or Never…
Before the global phenomenon of Hamilton, there was In the Heights. Lin-Manuel Miranda’s award-winning first Broadway show was a vibrant blend of hip-hop, salsa, and traditional show tunes. Its a love letter to the neighbourhood of Washington Heights in New…
The Hives are, and have always been, a glorious anomaly. Since their garage rock revival days in the late ’90s, the Swedish five-piece has built a reputation not just on razor-sharp riffs and perfectly tailored black-and-white suits, but on a…
Hedwig has arrived in Melbourne just in time for pride month, and she’s not leaving quietly! For the uninitiated, Hedwig and the Angry Inch follows the extraordinary story of Hedwig Robinson, a “genderqueer East German rock singer” who, after a…
Forty years. Let that sink in. Forty years since Les Misérables first graced the stage, and now with a fresh reimagining of this epic tale for the grand scale of arena performances Les Mis is about to be seen by…